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Dali Pomfret is pictured on a baseball field. He leans against a chainlink fence while an out of focus scoreboard sits in the background.

Major League Mindset

Dali Pomfret '25 started out wanting to play professional baseball. After an eye-opening internship, he’s now got his mind set on an even loftier goal.

Scott Peltzer poses for a portrait in the shop at Brooklyn Woods. He is surrounded by numerous woodworking tools.

Alumni Haverford magazine

Building Futures

Through Brooklyn Woods, Scott Peltzer ’82 teaches job hunters a lost art and self-sustaining skills for life.

Faculty Students

Education as Liberation

Philadelphia’s Freedom Side School imagines future intersections between education and anti-carceral movements with a Haverford first-year writing seminar.

Where They’re Headed: Claire Burdick ’19

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Alumni

The psychology major is spending three months in Madagascar, where she’ll study lemurs and aid reforestation efforts.
Inside 'Making a Murderer'

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Alumni, magazine

As one of the lawyers featured in both seasons of Making a Murderer, Steven Drizin ’83 plays an important supporting role in the Netflix hit. While the series’ popularity has brought Drizin celebrity, it’s also brought him something more important: a much larger platform to advocate for change in the legal system’s treatment of juveniles.
What They Learned: Tomas Aramburu ‘19

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Alumni

The chemistry major, creative writing minor, and biochemistry concentrator took on pancreatic cancer treatment for his thesis.
Spring 2019 Faculty Updates

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Faculty

Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
Jerry Gollub 1944–2019

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Faculty

The Professor Emeritus of Physics and the former John and Barbara Bush Professor of Natural Sciences died on June 8. He was 74.
Where They’re Headed: Maggie Sawyer ’19

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Alumni

The Latin major, who minored in psychology, is pursuing a career in education as a way to combat the social and structural inequalities that plague classrooms across the country.
What They Learned: Sophie Drew ’19

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Alumni

The double major used both her theses in biology and Spanish to address environmental concerns.
A Writer's Journey

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Alumni, magazine

Tom Barbash '83 reflects on the life experiences and intergenerational relationships that informed his most recent novel, The Dakota Winters.
What They Learned: Nick Sweeney ’19

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Alumni

The physics major used his senior thesis to explore methods of conceptualizing dark matter.
What They Learned: Gabriel Braun ‘19

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Alumni

The chemistry major, biochemistry concentrator, and French and Francophone studies minor reflects on the collaborative aspects of his thesis process.
Collecting Ancient Climate Data

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Alumni, magazine

By analyzing compounds from animal bones, archaeologist Kevin P. Smith '81 and colleagues are revealing climate conditions in the distant past.
Alumni Weekend 2019

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Alumni

Campus played host to over 1100 people from 41 states—and countries as far away as India, Kenya, England, and Sweden—for dinners, panel discussions, readings, parties, and reunions with old friends.
Where They’re Headed: Natalie Pisch ‘19

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Alumni

The psychology major and economics and neuroscience minor is bound for the most magical place on earth.
Sam Epstein ’19 Co-Authors Chemistry Research in Scientific Journal

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Students, Faculty

The chemistry major’s senior thesis research, conducted with chemistry faculty members Lou Charkoudian’03 and Casey Londergan, was recently published in Nature Communications.
What They Learned: Max Sonin ’19

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Alumni

The English major informed their analysis of comedy writer P.G. Wodehouse through an incorporation of techniques common to computer science.